Yesterday around 2:45 p.m., 72-year-old Roberto Garcia entered his usual neighborhood shop and ordered a Cuban coffee. Then, while the owner made a cafecito in back, police say Garcia attacked her four-year-old son. He repeatedly touched the boy's penis, touched himself and eventually licked the boy's ear before pretending to play with the kid when his mom returned with the coffee.

Garcia was arrested this afternoon after the boy's mom reviewed security footage and found evidence of the assault.

Garcia, who had no previous criminal record according to Riptide's search, visited the store daily and knew the boy's father "from the neighborhood," according to detectives.

Police are withholding the name of the store and the victim to protect the family's privacy.

Tim Elfrink is an award-winning investigative reporter, the managing editor of the Miami New Times and the co-author of "Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era." Since 2008, he's written in-depth pieces on police corruption, fatal shootings and social justice issues across South Florida. He's won the George Polk Award and has been a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.